http://in.finance.yahoo.com/news/how-much-can-you-lose-in-equity-.html Well just too many people have no rules, limits, …and have no clue on how to invest in equities. These people can, should and do lose their shirt, pants and undergarments…..and deserve it. Completely. Let us say you are a well qualified, sensible, boy or girl and wish to invest in equities. Well if […]
Fiat money is about trust. You trust your government, hence you keep all your money in currency form, right? Take the case of a common man…and his conversation with a acidic Subra of Subramoney.com: Client: Hi Subra, I wish to discuss my financial life with you…May I? Subra: Sure Client: I have bought …..xyz […]
“Invest like Mukesh Ambani” or “Invest like Warren Buffet” or “Vallabh Bhansali”…are all very sexy and very very media like advice. And typically stupid, wrong and impossible to implement advice. Do not even read such articles further. Face it. Whatever it is, in this birth you are not Buffet, Ambani, Jhunjhunwala or Bhansali. Fact is, […]
The number of school teachers in the country is quite a large number – surely runs into tens of millions. Is it surprising that there are no websites or books meant for teaching investing to school teachers? No. Actually it is not. School teachers in India (on an average) are paid pretty badly and do […]
So when you are worried about the ‘growth’ shares you should invest in dividend oriented shares or in dividend yield funds. Right? Wrong, well at least partially wrong. If you think you will get rid of your bank fixed deposit yielding 9%p.a. and invest in an equity share that yields 6% p.a. (and hoping […]
Thanks to my historic interest in equities, I have some strong views on equity…like the following: a. a small broker cannot make money in broking alone b. a big broker can make money by MONEY lending to traders c. equity is a good investment in the long run d. short term trading is NOT investing […]
These are some of the queries that I receive – most of them asking me ‘Should I invest in equities’ or EVEN ‘Why do YOU say I should invest in equities’. Let me first list the questions: 1. Will the next 20 years be the same as the 20 years that have gone by? 2. […]